Midday Edition uplifts voices in San Diego with fearless conversations about intriguing issues. Host, Jade Hindmon, cuts through the noise with questions that give listeners a deeper understanding of themselves, people and the community they live in. Guests share diverse perspectives from their expertise and lived experience. In a city and world that's rapidly changing, Jade’s interviews inspire, inform and make you think. Midday Edition airs Monday - Thursday 12pm - 1pm and again from 8pm - 9pm. You can also catch the show anytime on all podcast apps.
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A San Diego lab is rapidly working to develop a vaccine against the growing and deadly Coronavirus. Also, this year's San Diego City Council district one race only features Democratic candidates. Plus, Julia Dixon Evans makes her Midday Edition debut as KPBS Arts Editor and discusses this weekend's top events from Lunar New Year festivities to a birthday celebration for one of classical music's great composers. -
House Democrats focus day 2 of President Trump's impeachment trial on his alleged dangerous abuse of power. Also, San Diego's annual homeless count gets underway, how the San Diego City Council District 3 candidates differ on tackling the issue of homelessness, how to get paid doing what you love in the new “passion economy,” and local coffee lovers unite for San Diego's annual caffeine crawl. -
President Trump's impeachment trial is on the fast track. Also, the race for San Diego's District 7 city council seat features political newcomers. New details have emerged in the investigation into the death of an SDSU student. Hoover High School students got the chance to grill San Diego's mayoral candidates, and politics and basketball take center stage in the play “The Great Leap.” -
Valarie Kaur on the power of love as a force for social change on Martin Luther King Jr.’s Day. Plus, The downfall of Duncan Hunter, the Hunter political dynasty and the race to replace him has now been turned into a documentary. Also, meet the candidates vying to be the next San Diego mayor — two establishment Dems, an outsider and the lone Republican. And, in a new episode of “Only Here,” meet the entrepreneur who is trying to tame the San Diego-Mexico border-crossing wait time with technology. Finally, Emmy-winning actor Alan Alda is partnering with the Scripps Research Institute to improve how scientists communicate their findings to the general public. -
After a snafu that left Poway without potable water for a week, the state Water Resources Control Board issued three violations to the city, requiring it to correct the problem long term. Plus, with Mark Kersey termed out, San Diego City Council District 5, once a Republican stronghold, could turn blue. Two Democrats and a Republican are vying for the seat. And, there’s a new ride at Disneyland for StarWars fans. -
For his sixth and final State of the City address, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer laid out ambitious plans to address housing and homelessness. Plus, despite a major run-up in rents, California landlords are using the courts to evict tenants far less frequently. What’s going on? Also, desert tortoises are well equipped to handle hot and dry climate but our responses to climate change is affecting their habitats in a one-two punch. And, find out what a New York Times education reporter learned after reading 4,800 pages of American history books. Finally, a new photo exhibit opening Friday in San Diego puts a face on human trafficking, giving victims a way to reclaim their stories. -
The wait is over. The U.S. House of Representatives has transmitted the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate and selected Reps. Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler as prosecutors for the impeachment trial. Plus, after the Internet uproar over rapper T.I’s admission that he takes his daughter to the gynecologist for a yearly virginity test, San Diego Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, last week, introduced a bill that would make such a practice illegal. Also, the V.A.’s new smoking ban, while hailed by health advocates, is making it a difficult transition for some patients, visitors and workers. And, dinosaurs have been extinct for more than 65 million years but one San Diego paleontologist helped to discover a new species of microraptors that is 120 million years old. Finally, San Diego History Center is embarking on a major project to scan historical photos of Black life in San Diego and preserve them for posterity. -
California is outspending every other state on the U.S. Census and is also conducting its own mini state census to ensure every resident is counted. Plus, the plan to remake Terminal 1 at the San Diego Airport is moving forward. The project includes expanding the terminal to 30 gates and a new parking garage. Also, 10 years ago, an earthquake devastated Haiti. Since then, thousands of Haitians trying to get asylum in the U.S. found themselves stuck in Tijuana. And, two new studies show that supporting working parents with childcare can boost the economy. Finally, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer joined hundreds of other U.S. mayors in the nation to pledge to save the endangered monarch butterfly. -
The Republican Party of San Diego County is calling all party faithful to discuss 2020 issues and strategies to combat this election year. Plus, California is looking to become the first state in the nation to sell its own generic prescription drugs under a new plan proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. There are a lot of Iraq veterans in San Diego, and now they're seeing the situation heating up again in Iraq, following the U.S. assasination of an Iranian general. We'll hear from several veterans about their experiences and America's appetite for more war in the Middle East. Also, how an exhibit on San Diego's LGBTQ history led to a diversity program training for local law enforcement. And, a conversation with SDSU film graduate and director of the new social justice film “Just Mercy.” -
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced his $222 billion state spending plan. Also, the Nervous Theatre describes itself as a nomadic company. That means no venue to call home. But the company is in town this weekend to perform Jean Genet's "The Maids" at Tenth Ave Arts Center.
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Midday Edition Team
Jade Hindmon
Host
Jade Hindmon is the host of KPBS Midday Edition. She connects San Diego through fearless conversations that inform, inspire and make you think. Prior to Midday Edition Jade was a reporter and fill-in anchor in the KPBS newsroom covering everything from politics to policing and the economy. Her award winning work spans network affiliates across the southeast and midwest. As a very proud Rattler, Jade studied broadcast journalism and political science at Florida A&M University. She takes a special interest in topics about democracy, accountability, racial justice, science and wellness.
Brooke Ruth
Senior Producer
Brooke Ruth is the senior producer for KPBS Radio News. She previously served as a producer for KPBS Midday Edition and a web producer. Before joining KPBS, Brooke was a web editor for four newspapers and a local television station. She began her career in news at the Imperial Valley Press. She has also been part of the web teams at the Napa Valley Register, North County Times, and U-T San Diego. While pursuing her undergraduate degree at UCLA in psychology, she worked on the student newspaper, the Daily Bruin.
Andrew Bracken
Producer
Andrew Bracken, KPBS Midday Edition and Roundtable producer & host of podcasts "My First Day" & "San Diego Conversations," made "Facing North," a docu-web series on San Diego-Tijuana ties, released on PBS in 2017. He's a San Diego Foundation Creative Catalyst fellow & a San Diego Film Award winner. He drums in his spare time.
Ashley Rusch
Producer
Ashley Rusch is a producer for KPBS Midday Edition. Before joining KPBS, she was an associate producer at LAist 89.3, where she worked on AirTalk with Larry Mantle, Weekend Edition and All Things Considered. At UC Santa Barbara, Ashley led KCSB-FM’s news coverage through the COVID-19 pandemic. She was also a news intern at KCBX in San Luis Obispo. Ashley grew up in South Pasadena, California.
Julianna Domingo
Producer
Julianna Domingo is a producer for KPBS Midday Edition. Before joining the station, Julianna worked at CalMatters as a College Journalism Network Fellow where she reported on higher education across the state. She got her start in journalism at The Triton, an independent student newspaper at UC San Diego. Julianna graduated from UC San Diego with a major in political science and a minor in communications.
Brandon Truffa
Media Production Specialist
Prior to joining the KPBS Midday team in 2024, Brandon worked as a board operator and producer with The Mighty 1090 in San Diego, and executive producer and sound editor at FOX Sports Radio in Los Angeles. He's a San Diego native and graduate of San Diego State University. In his spare time he enjoys watching sports, going to comedy shows and hanging out with his cats and dogs.
Ben Redlawsk
Media Production Specialist
Ben Redlawsk is a media production specialist for KPBS radio. He provides technical direction for KPBS “Morning Edition” and assists with “KPBS Midday Edition” and “KPBS Roundtable” through audio editing and recording. He got his start in radio as head audio engineer at KSDT, UC San Diego’s student-run radio station. Ben graduated from UC San Diego with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary computing and the arts with an emphasis in music technology.
